Mel Cousins, Gerry Whyte
ISBN13: 9789403533438
Previous Edition ISBN: 9789041141521
Published: May 2021
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Country of Publication: The Netherlands
Format: Paperback

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book describes the social security regime in Ireland. It conveys a clear working knowledge of the legal mechanics affecting health care, employment injuries and occupational diseases, incapacity to work, pensions, survivors’ benefits, unemployment benefits and services, and family benefits.

The analysis covers the field of application, conditions for entitlement, calculation of benefits, financing, the institutional framework, and relevant law enforcement and controls. Allowances for retirees, employees, public sector workers, the self-employed, and the handicapped are all clearly explained, along with full details of claims, adjudication procedures, and appeals.

Succinct yet eminently practical, the book will be a valuable resource for lawyers handling social security matters in Ireland. It will be of practical utility to those both in public service and private practice called on to develop and to apply social security law and policy, and of special interest as a contribution to the comparative study of social security systems.

Contents:
Preface
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
Part I. The Institutions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Public Institutions
Chapter 2. Position and Competence of the Public Institutions
Chapter 3. Private Institutions
Part II. Contribution and Financing
Introduction
Chapter 1. Contribution Regulation for Employees
Chapter 2. Contributions for Public Sector Workers and Public Office Holders
Chapter 3. Contributions for the Self-Employed
Chapter 4. Other Contributions
Chapter 5. Government Funding
Part III. Healthcare
Introduction
Chapter 1. Field of Application
Chapter 2. Benefits
Part IV. Family Allowances
Chapter 1. Child Benefit
Chapter 2. Increase for a Qualified Child
Chapter 3. Guardian’s Payment
Chapter 4. Maternity Benefit
Chapter 5. Adoptive Benefit and Health and Safety Benefit
Chapter 6. Paternity Benefit
Chapter 7. Parent’s Benefit
Chapter 8. Parental Leave
Chapter 9. Payments to Qualified Adults
Chapter 10. OFP and Lone Parents’ Payments
Part V. Incapacity to Work, Disability and Care
Chapter 1. Illness Benefit
Chapter 2. Illness Benefit (COVID-19)
Chapter 3. Invalidity Pension
Chapter 4. Partial Capacity Benefit
Chapter 5. Disability Allowance
Chapter 6. Blind Pension
Chapter 7. Carer’s Allowance
Chapter 8. Carer’s Benefit
Chapter 9. Carer’s Support Grant
Chapter 10. Domiciliary Care Allowance
Part VI. Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Chapter 1. The Occupational Injuries Scheme
Part VII. Unemployment and Low-Income Families
Chapter 1. Jobseeker’s Benefit
Chapter 2. JB (Self-Employed)
Chapter 3. Jobseeker’s Allowance
Chapter 4. Farm Assist
Chapter 5. Working Family Payment
Chapter 6. Back-to-Work Family Dividend
Chapter 7. COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Part VIII. Pensions
Chapter 1. State Pension (Contributory)
Chapter 2. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 3. Widow(er)’s and SCP’s (Contributory) Pension
Chapter 4. Widow(er)’s and SCP’s (Non-contributory) Pension
Part IX. Payments on or after Death
Chapter 1. Widowed or SCP’s Grant
Chapter 2. Payments after Death
Part X. Minimum Income Benefit
Chapter 1. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Part XI. Means Tests
Chapter 1. General Principles
Chapter 2. Jobseeker’s Allowance Test
Chapter 3. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 4. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Chapter 5. Long-Term Payments Test
Chapter 6. Nursing Home Support Scheme Test
Part XII. Claims, General Provisions and Adjudication
Chapter 1. Claims
Chapter 2. Accumulation Rules (Overlapping Provisions)
Chapter 3. Residence and Absence
Chapter 4. Imprisonment, Detention in Legal Custody & Institutions
Chapter 5. Overpayments and Repayments
Chapter 6. Distribution of Assets
Chapter 7. Recovery and Deductibility of Benefits in Personal Injury and Fatal Accident Claims
Chapter 8. Adjudication
Selected Bibliography
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Index